11 Roles That Prove Sterling K. Brown Is So Much More Than the This Is Us Guy

This Is Us (2016 - ) Riding the momentum from American Crime Story, Brown almost immediately stepping into what's become his career-defining role, as Randall Pearson on This Is Us. The interlocking, twisty, time-jumping family drama has been one of the biggest shows on TV for now four seasons, and Brown's performance has been good enough to earn him a Golden Globe and an Emmy (along with two more Emmy nominations). Stream it Here NBC Universal

Black Panther (2018) Brown has a small role in Black Panther, and he doesn't even play a superhero. But he makes the most of his limited screen time, as his character is pivotal to the movie's plot, and he turns out to be the father of [Spoiler if you somehow haven't seen Black Panther yet!] Michael B. Jordan's Killmonger. With any luck, Brown could continue to appear in future Black Panther movies in flashback scenes. Stream it Here Marvel Studios

Hotel Artemis (2018) Brown stars alongside Jodie Foster, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, and a few notable others in this fun thriller that we must say runs dangerously close to the John Wick premise; Where John Wick focuses on a hotel for assassins, Hotel Artemis focuses on a hospital for criminals. Still, once you get past that glaring similarity, it's hard to go wrong with this cast. Brown leads the bunch, alongside Foster. Stream it Here Open Road Films

The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019) Bet you either didn't know or forgot about this one! Brown made an absolutely amazing cameo in The Lonely Island's super random and super fun project that debuted on Netflix earlier this year; his short cameo as 'Sia' during the 'Oakland Nights' segment was iconic. Just watch it. Subscribe to Netflix Netflix

Supernatural (2006-2007) Long before This Is Us or American Crime Story, Brown had a solid four-episode run on Supernatural where he played a rival vampire hunter to main duo Sam and Dean Winchester. He's a good vampire hunter, but as Sci-Fi shows go, he has an up and down run, which concludes with him turning fully evil and getting decapitated with razor wire. Stream it Here The CW

Marshall (2017) Brown's character, Joseph Spell, was at the center of the plot of this 2017 biopic that starred Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, the first black United State Supreme Court Justice. Spell was accused of rape and attempted murder, and the titular Marshall takes it upon himself to obtain a vindication. Stream it Here Open Road Films

Insecure (2017) After American Crime Story and This Is Us had already hit, Brown made an uncredited pair of appearances in the very funny HBO comedy Insecure. Insecure is the brainchild of Issa Rae, and Brown's two-episode run saw him show up as a romantic suitor for Molly, the uptight friend of Issa Rae's main character. Stream it Here HBO

Person of Interest (2012-2013) Brown had a recurring six-episode run in Person of Interest, the J.J. Abrams-produced CBS drama. Despite his run here as Detective Cal Beecher, this is actually not his only cop show appearancehe showed off some comedic chops in a one-off appearance in a 2018 Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode. Stream it Here Giovanni Rufino - CBS

Army Wives (2007-2013) The show might be called Army Wives, but there's at least one Army Husband in the mix; this Lifetime original series aired for seven seasons, and Brown appeared in 108 of the show's 117 episodes. Before American Crime Story and This Is Us, this was Brown's most prominent role to date. Army Wives Lifetime

The Predator (2018) Brown was part of a very impressive ensemble cast for Shane Black's 2018 reboot of the Predator franchise, appearing alongside Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Keegan Michael-Key, and Trevante Rhodes; in addition to his on-screen exploits, he was also the the only member of the movie's cast to publicly apologize to Munn after the film became mired in controversy surrounding a sex offender who was involved with the production of the film. Stream it Here 20th Century Fox

Waves (2019) Waves hasn't even been released yet (you'll have to wait until November 15th), but based on it's Frank Ocean-scored trailer and early reviews from the festival circuit, it feels like this could actually be Brown's first real shot at an Oscar nomination. A family drama, but not in the heart-warming way of This Is Us, Waves could give Brown a way to once again show off his impressive range. A24